page_title: Maria Josepha of Austria
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Maria Josepha of Austria / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757) in Hungarian costume Deutsch: Bildnis eines mit Perlen geschmückten Kindes in ungarischer Tracht
context_page_description: Maria Josepha of Austria was the Queen of Poland by marriage to Augustus III. From 1711 to 1717, she was heir presumptive to the Habsburg Empire. Her sister Maria Amalia became Electress of Bavaria.
context_section_description: Maria Josepha was born in Vienna, an Archduchess of Austria, the eldest child of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and Princess Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was named for her father. During the reign of her grandfather, Maria Josepha's father and uncle signed the Mutual Pact of Succession of 1703, which was issued by her grandfather, Emperor Leopold I, and effectively made Maria Josepha the heiress presumptive to her uncle, Emperor Charles VI; However, Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 annulled the earlier agreement and made his daughter Maria Theresa his successor instead of Maria Josepha.
caption: Archduchess Maria Josepha (painting c. 1710)
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